Palmer's Farm
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Palmer's Farm by Des Blenkinsopp as part of the Geograph project.
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Palmer's Farm
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 27 Apr 2016
This is now at the heart of the Mary Arden Tudor Farm, a re-creation of a working Elizabethan farmstead. The elaborate timber work on the front of the building is not structural, but is there for show. Sawn timber was very expensive, so using a lot of it on your house was a way of showing off.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.221406
Longitude
-1.760763